THE THREAT OF THRIPSIt is a mistake to know too much about farming! I had just the right amount of information that sparkling day in early March, when I sowed my Ailsa Craig onions in a warm, well-worked soil, from which the twitch grass had been removed. I felt sure that day that all nature was working with me, as I brought the soil and seed together. I felt the comradeship of air and sun, nitrogen, humus, vitamins A, B, C, right down the list, and knew the goodwill of the Department of Agriculture was upon me, too. That was but one short month ago. In that time I have learned many things. I've learned about quail and pheasants and their predatory habits and how they sit back in ambush and watch you plant your seeds, taking exact note of location and return in the gray dawn, when all the
